Native plant · ONAGRACEAE
Ludwigia erecta
YERBA DE JICOTEA
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Ludwigia erecta. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Ludwigia erecta
- Family
- ONAGRACEAE
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Order
- MYRTALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- South Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Okeechobee; Miami-Dade; Polk; Hillsborough; Lake; Collier; Sumter; Manatee; Pinellas; Lee; Osceola; Charlotte; DeSoto; Hardee; Martin; Broward; Brevard; Volusia; Pasco; Leon; Seminole; Calhoun; Orange; Escambia
Where documented in Florida
Okeechobee; Miami-Dade; Polk; Hillsborough; Lake; Collier; Sumter; Manatee; Pinellas; Lee; Osceola; Charlotte; DeSoto; Hardee; Martin; Broward; Brevard; Volusia; Pasco; Leon; Seminole; Calhoun; Orange; Escambia
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Ludwigia
- Ludwigia alata — WINGED PRIMROSEWILLOW; winged primrose-willow
- Ludwigia alternifolia — SEEDBOX
- Ludwigia arcuata — PIEDMONT PRIMROSEWILLOW; Piedmont Primrose-willow
- Ludwigia brevipes — LONG BEACH PRIMROSEWILLOW; Long Beach primrose willow
- Ludwigia curtissii — CURTISS' PRIMROSEWILLOW; Curtiss' Primrose-Willow
- Ludwigia decurrens — WINGLEAF PRIMROSEWILLOW; Wingleaf Primrose-Willow
Data provenance
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